[il-talk] FW: [icb-l] ***URGENT FW: funding for Voices of Vision *****

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: "Ray Campbell" <ray1530 at wowway.com>
To: <icb-l at icbonline.org>, <ildb-l at icbonline.org>,
<icb-board at icbonline.org>
Subject: [icb-l] ***URGENT FW: funding for Voices of Vision *****
Date: 
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:37:42 -0500

Hello Everyone:

This is very concerning and should scare all of us.  Read carefully, and
contact your state Representative and Senator and urge them to do whatever
they can so that Voices of Vision receives the funding it is owed!


Ray Campbell, President, Illinois Council of the Blind
ray1530 at wowway.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Krista Erickson [mailto:krista at intenex.net] 
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 1:16 PM
To: ray1530 at wowway.com
Subject: FWD: funding for Voices of Vision

Hi Ray,
FYI -- could you please distribute to ICB folks? Thanks.
Krista


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From: Renee Anderson [mailto:randers at dupagels.lib.il.us]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 11:25 AM
To: randers at dupagels.lib.il.us
Subject: Voices of Vision Talking Book Center to Close Due to Lack of
State Funds



DuPage Library System



For Immediate Release

April 23, 2010

CONTACT:  Tom Sloan
Executive Director
561/317-8518 (cell)
630/232-8457 x200 (office)



Voices of Vision Talking Book Center to Close

Due to Lack of State Funds



GENEVA, IL    The Voices of Vision Talking Book Center (VOV) is slated to
close after July 2010 because it has not received almost $450,000 of its
allocated grant funds from the State of Illinois. The VOV program serves
residents of 12 counties in northern Illinois who are unable to read print
materials due to visual or physical impairments. Voices of Vision users
are provided with talking books and other program materials and services,
distributed postage free via the United States Postal Service. The program
is housed at and operated by the DuPage Library System (DLS) and funded
through a contract with the Illinois State Library.



The DLS Board of Directors held a special meeting on Thursday, April 22,
2010 and voted to implement a plan for closing the center after the end of
the fiscal year. The program has received less than 3% of its funding for
the current fiscal year from the State of Illinois, equivalent to less
than one month of operations.



"The DuPage Library System has housed and operated the VOV program since
1992 and remains committed to being a part of the statewide and national
network of libraries that provides talking books and Braille services,"
said Su Erickson, DLS Board President. "Unfortunately, DLS is not in a
financial position to fund next year's program if we haven't received
state funding for this year's program."



"The DLS Board has carefully and diligently monitored the VOV funding
situation," stated Tom Sloan, DLS Executive Director. "We are hopeful that
the program will receive this year's funds and will not need to close."



Sloan commended the DLS board at Thursday's meeting for funding the
program for the current fiscal year with the organization's reserve funds,
particularly since the State of Illinois is also behind in payment of
grant funds owed to DLS for system services. For the current fiscal year,
the library system is still owed 43% of its funding by the State of
Illinois.



Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has successfully
redistributed grant monies to do as little harm as possible to the funding
of library programs. DLS has actively communicated with members of the
Illinois General Assembly, informing them about VOV services and asking
them to seek the release of VOV funds.



The DuPage Library System is one of nine regional, multitype library
systems in Illinois that support local library services. Organized in 1966
under the provisions of the 1965 Illinois Library System Act, the System
consists of almost 140 members, including academic, public, school, and
special libraries in portions of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will
Counties. For more information about the services and programs of the
DuPage Library System, visit http://www.dupagels.lib.il.us.









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127 South First Street, Geneva, IL  60134-2771

Phone 630/232-8457 - Fax 630/232-0699 - http://www.dupagels.lib.il.us



SERVING ACADEMIC, PUBLIC, SCHOOL, AND SPECIAL LIBRARIES IN COOK, DUPAGE,
KANE, KENDALL AND WILL COUNTIES











Renee Anderson
email: randers at dupagels.lib.il.us
Marketing Specialist
Dupage Library System
http://www.dupagels.lib.il.us
127 S. First St.
Geneva, IL 60134
phone: 630/232-8457 x224
fax: 630/232-0699
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VISIT OUR HERE & NOW BLOG at
http://dls.typepad.com/




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